Lesser Redpoll (Carduelis cabaret)

STATUS AT LONGHAM LAKES

Uncommon passage migrant.

1. 3 with a flock of Linnets feeding beside the empty Longham Reservoir North on 21 March 2002.
2. 1 over the South Side on 26th October 2009.
3. 1 in the bushes by Longham Reservoir North, 6th April 2011 (George Green).
4. 1 over Emily’s Wood, 1 over Samuel’s Wood and one at the west end of the Causeway on 14th October 2011.
5. 2 over Green Lane, 17th October 2011.
6. 2 around The Thicket, 25th October 2012. (DC)
7. 1 over on 19th November 2012 (GG).
8. 1 over on 19th November 2012 (GG).
9. 1 on 29th March 2013 (Chris Parnell).
10. 2 over on 3rd April 2013 (DC)
11. 2 on 11th April 2013 (GG) and 1 on 14th April 2013 (Tom Carley).
12. 1 over on 17th October 2015 (DC).

Ringing:
2012: 8 ringed: 6 in October and 2 in November, including 2 1st years on 15th October.
2013: 1 ringed on 25th November.

Lesser Redpoll (Roger Peart)

Lesser Redpoll, Longham Lakes, 15/10/12 (Roger Peart)